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Promotion of the Export of Technical
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Engineering Services
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The global
importance
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The export of services has already
gained great international significance in recent years
and thus the volume of its commerce-orientated exchange,
indicating a 3.6% growth rate, presently amounts to
1/4 of the world's total volume of trade. Promotion
of the export of services provides the interested countries,
possessing all the required infrastructure, with ample
opportunities to compensate for possible reduction of
their exported goods and stabilises their currency revenues
basically through exportation of technical/engineering
(TE) services.
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According to latest research, conducted
by the GATT's secretariat, over 60% of foreign currency
revenues of countries such as Egypt, Dominican Republic
and Gambia was generated by the export of services while
other nations namely, Japan, China, Turkey, Thailand,
Morocco, Tunisia, Singapore, Mexico and Korea have also
displayed a resounding success in this regard.
It is worth noticing, at this juncture, that the exportation
of services is not merely limited to TE cooperations.
Other varieties such as tourism, consultative, transportation,
communication, advertising and banking services have
already assumed their specific and decisive positions.
Nowadays, in addition to necessary workforce and availability
of inexpensive raw materials, the export of engineering
services certainly requires particular specialisations,
state-of-the-art technology, meeting all the international
standards and above all elimination of the unnecessary
and entangling regulations.
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Iran's endeavour
to organise the export of TE service
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The country's Second Five-Year Socio-economic
Programme properly focuses upon the necessity for the
export of engineering services. In compliance with the
attainment of this essential goal and under "the
provision of Section 27" of the relevant legislation,
a joint meeting of several ministries' delegates was
held in 1994 and thus a pertinent draft for the formation
of "the Coordinating Council of The Export of Engineering
Services," was promptly approved, under direct
supervision of the former Iranian president Mr. Rafsanjani.
Eversince its inception this council has been making
unceasing efforts to gain its principal objectives.
More importantly, as a unique organ of the finance ministry
the council is currently in charge of coordinating,
policy-making and overcoming the existing administrative
obstacles relating to the exportation of services. The
mentioned council, through establishing numerous specialised
committees, also intends to take the following necessary
measures:
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Determining the eligibility of
the applicant companies and finding out their
proper ranks as an exporter of services.
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Resolving the problems of issuing
the permit for necessary machinery and equipment.
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Determining the amount of refundable currency
of each contract.
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Making applicable policies and
regulations pertaining to possible "breach
of a contract" or its inclusive terms and
conditions.
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Determining the amounts of "currency
charges" related to marketing activities
by the given companies.
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providing necessary insurance
coverage for all the activities abroad.
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Granting customs-orientated aids
to exporters of TE services.
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Gathering and disseminating information
regarding laws and regulations which can inturn
assist exporters of engineering services, in maintaining
successful presence at "international tenders."
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